dimer of L(+)-dehydroascorbic acid;DHA;(1R,3R,6R,7S,10R,12R,15R,16S)-3,7,12,16-tetrahydroxy-2,5,9,11,14,18-hexaoxapentacyclo[10.6.0.01,15.03,10.06,10]octadecane-4,13-dione
Glutathione Transferases of Phanerochaete chrysosporium
摘要:
The white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium, a saprophytic basidiomycete, possesses a large number of cytosolic glutathione transferases, eight of them showing similarity to the Omega class. PcGSTO1 (subclass I, the bacterial homologs of which were recently proposed, based on their enzymatic function, to constitute a new class of glutathione transferase named S-glutathionyl-(chloro)hydroquinone reductases) and PcGSTO3 (subclass II related to mammalian homologs) have been investigated in this study. Biochemical investigations demonstrate that both enzymes are able to catalyze deglutathionylation reactions thanks to the presence of a catalytic cysteinyl residue. This reaction leads to the formation of a disulfide bridge between the conserved cysteine and the removed glutathione from their substrate. The substrate specificity of each isoform differs. In particular PcGSTO1, in contrast to PcGSTO3, was found to catalyze deglutathionylation of S-glutathionyl-p-hydroquinone substrates. The three-dimensional structure of PcGSTO1 presented here confirms the hypothesis that it belongs not only to a new biological class but also to a new structural class that we propose to name GST xi. Indeed, it shows specific features, the most striking ones being a new dimerization mode and a catalytic site that is buried due to the presence of long loops and that contains the catalytic cysteine.
Preparation of dehydro-l-ascorbic acid dimer by air oxidation of l-ascorbic acid in the presence of catalytic amounts of copper(II) acetate and pyridine
作者:Eleftheria K. Koliou、Panayiotis V. Ioannou
DOI:10.1016/j.carres.2004.11.015
日期:2005.2
The catalytic system Cu(ACO)(2)-Pyridine 1:4 mol% in methanol, slowly catalyses the air oxidation of ascorbic acid to the 2-methyl hemi-ketal of dehydroascorbic acid 5, and hydrogen peroxide. However, with Cu(ACO)2-Pyridine 3:4 mol% the air oxidation is quite fast and no hydrogen peroxide is present at the end of the reaction. Removal of the catalyst and refluxing the foamy 5 in MeCN gives the oxidized, dimeric, dehydroascorbic acid in very good yields (similar to70%) contaminated by similar to1-2% MeCN. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Oxidation of ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid by superoxide ion in aprotic media
作者:Donald T. Sawyer、Glaico Chiericato、Tohru Tsuchiya
DOI:10.1021/ja00387a020
日期:1982.11
Glutathione Transferases of Phanerochaete chrysosporium
The white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium, a saprophytic basidiomycete, possesses a large number of cytosolic glutathione transferases, eight of them showing similarity to the Omega class. PcGSTO1 (subclass I, the bacterial homologs of which were recently proposed, based on their enzymatic function, to constitute a new class of glutathione transferase named S-glutathionyl-(chloro)hydroquinone reductases) and PcGSTO3 (subclass II related to mammalian homologs) have been investigated in this study. Biochemical investigations demonstrate that both enzymes are able to catalyze deglutathionylation reactions thanks to the presence of a catalytic cysteinyl residue. This reaction leads to the formation of a disulfide bridge between the conserved cysteine and the removed glutathione from their substrate. The substrate specificity of each isoform differs. In particular PcGSTO1, in contrast to PcGSTO3, was found to catalyze deglutathionylation of S-glutathionyl-p-hydroquinone substrates. The three-dimensional structure of PcGSTO1 presented here confirms the hypothesis that it belongs not only to a new biological class but also to a new structural class that we propose to name GST xi. Indeed, it shows specific features, the most striking ones being a new dimerization mode and a catalytic site that is buried due to the presence of long loops and that contains the catalytic cysteine.